The following design standards are intended only as minimum requirements, so that the general arrangement and lay-out of all developments or improvements, required to be site planned within the city’s corporate limits and the city’s extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, may be adjusted to a variety of circumstances and to ensure reasonable and ordered development within the community.
(A) All proposed developments shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan of the city; the Zoning Ordinance of the city; the Subdivision Ordinance of the city. If applicable; such other ordinances of the city as may pertain to such development, and any applicable rules and regulations of the state.
(B) (1) Internal roads and streets shall be adequately constructed to accommodate the traffic generated. Entrances and exits onto public streets shall not unduly increase congestion or traffic hazards on the public streets and the proposed site. Off-street parking shall be paved with concrete, asphalt or other similar material, in accordance with city requirements. Sidewalks shall be constructed where the property abuts city streets.
(2) Off-street parking lots shall provide one landscaped island or green space for every 18 parking spaces. The minimum size of the green space shall be equivalent to the minimum size required for a parking space size as stipulated by the Zoning Code. Light Industrial and I-H: Heavy Industrial Zones are exempt from the requirement. Sidewalks shall be constructed where the property abuts city streets.
(C) The proposed development shall be designed with adequate water mains, fire hydrants, sanitary sewer lines and storm water detention per the criteria in the most recent version of the Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS) and the city’s Supplemental Specifications to SUDAS; and in accordance with the ordinances and regulations of the city, so as to protect the public health and welfare, and so not to overload any existing public utility. Surface drainage shall be directed to storm sewers wherever practical, including the requirement to extend public storm sewers if deemed necessary. The flowrate of storm water runoff onto adjoining or surrounding properties shall not be increased as the result of the development. The pre-development location of site storm water discharge shall not be changed to cause damage or impair adjoining or surrounding properties.
(D) All electrical, telephone and cable television transmission systems shall be placed underground.
(E) The proposed development shall be designed, and the buildings and improvements shall be located within the tract or parcel, in such a manner so as to not unduly diminish or impair the use and enjoyment of adjoining or surrounding property. The developer shall provide for such fences, landscaping, signs, lighting, sidewalks and other improvements as may be necessary to provide adequate and reasonable development and shall not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjoining or surrounding properties.
(F) The proposed development shall not unduly increase the public danger of fire and safety, and shall be designed to adequately safeguard the health, safety and general welfare of the public, and of persons residing or working in the adjoining or surrounding properties. This requirement is herein incorporated into each and every requirement of this chapter.
(G) The proposed development shall be designed with the appropriate regard for topography, surface drainage, wooded areas, floodplains and other natural features.
(H) The developer shall construct sediment and erosion control measures and structures to reduce erosion, sedimentation and damage to adjacent properties and public rights-of-way from surface drainage during site development per the criteria in the most recent version of the Statewide Urban Design and Specifications (SUDAS) and per any applicable state or federal requirements. Disturbed areas including excavation, grading and utility work shall be seeded, or stabilized if outside of normal seeding season, by the developer within 30 days of the last site activity in that area. The site plan shall indicate what provisions for erosion control will be maintained during construction.
(I) All proposed multi-family and commercial developments shall ensure that any outdoor trash and recycling receptacles, dumpsters, and grease collection containers shall be opaquely screened on all sides by the use of a permanent enclosure, with gates for disposal truck access. The enclosure shall be constructed using colors and permanent materials compatible with the dominant architectural materials of the primary building on site and shall be integral to said primary building on site whenever possible. The enclosure shall be located out of public view and constructed to visibly screen the views from the adjoining properties.
(Ord. 2216, passed 11-4-2013; Ord. 2257, passed 9-8-2015; Ord. 2411, passed 4-4-2022)